Trace the 9,000 year old history of the domestication of corn, or maize, and its effects on global agriculture. — Corn currently accounts for more than one tenth of our global crop production. And over 99% of cultivated corn is the exact same type: Yellow Dent #2. This means that humans grow more Yellow Dent […]
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The Making of a Theory: Darwin, Wallace, and Natural Selection — HHMI BioInteractive Video
Explore scientific discoveries alongside their discoverers. This educational biography of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace tells the story of two independent discoveries of the natural origin of species. Traverse the epic voyages and revolutionary insights of two brave young British naturalists as they change science forever. This video provides an overview of the history […]